Mahakali Corridor, backbone for development: NC leader Lekhak

Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress, Ramesh Lekhak, has described the Mahakali Corridor that connects Kanchanpur to Tinkar of Darchula as a backbone for development in the region.

The leader who had been here to inspect the opening of a corridor track from Brhamadev of Kanchanpur to Jogbudha of Dadeldhura shed light on the corridor’s potentiality to drive prosperity in the region by facilitating the supplies of herbs, fruits and other local products once it comes into operation.

He further highlighted the corridor’s capacity to boost tourism development in the region.

The leader travelled up to Jogbudha of Dadeldhura in course of inspecting the corridor track. He also paid homage to the Siddhanath Temple in Kanchanpur and observed a festival organised on the occasion of the Makar Sankranti festival.

Site clearance issues have been sorted out in all four districts – Kanchanpur, Dadeldhura, Baitadi and Darchula- and the opening of the track will be progressed up to Baitadi by the next year, according to the leader.

Furthermore, the leader pledged the management of necessary budget to implement the 413-kilometers corridor project, transforming it into an economic transit point by linking it to the Dodhara Chandani Dry Port. The construction of the corridor has been underway since the past 13 years.

Of late, it has been planned to develop the corridor as a roadway linking the tri-national point of Nepal, India and China and the recent development includes the opening of a 15-kilometer track from Brhamadev to Jogbudha.